Wednesday, August 14, 2013

A free design and a Starter Kit giveaway!

I had hunted through my fabrics to find a similar palette, and found three that worked beautifully together. After choosing co-ordinating threads I put everything into a zip lock bag to wait for a design idea to form.

Last month I went away on my 4-day retreat to Mission Beach, and the night before I left that idea came to life!

I sketched it, traced it onto fabric, packed it in a little project container with the threads, and took it with me. In that secluded cottage on my own I sat quietly one night listening to an audio book on my ipod and I stitched my idea into life.

You see, I have this Bible. The kids call it "Mum's fast flickin' Bible" because it's so old and so well used (and so underlined and highlighted and written through) that I can find any passage or verse I want very quickly...

Last birthday Kezzie sent me the prettiest journal, and I thought how nice if I made a bag to carry my Bible, journal and pen with me when I head up the mountain for my quiet times...

So, yesterday I set to work on it!

Here is my new stitchery...

~ true peace found in Jesus ~

...and here is my completed bag!

It has room inside for either my 'fast flickin' Bible' or my larger study Bible, a front pocket for my journal...

...and pen pockets on the back.

The base is boxed to give it a nice flat bottom...

I love to share free stitcheries, especially when they glorify our Saviour, so please accept the 'true peace found in Jesus' design as a gift today from me to you.

Oh Jenny to hold a piece of your stitchery in my hands,would to Heaven.. I follow your blog and try to learn from your stitches, they are so even and beautiful but to really see your work would help me so much. You are so kind to the blogging world, I see all the give aways you share. Thank you

Thank you very much for all the joy you share with us! I really appreciate your generosity and admire you for sharing your talent so freely. May you post many, many more times over :)Warmest greetings from Mexico

I made a Bible bag for Hannah and another for her friend Kat - ha! she just read over my shoulder and said yeah, but it wasn't as cool as Jenny's! ha!! I know my place - my cooking isn't as good as Grandma's and my stitchery isn't as good as Jenny's. But the dog loves me...!!!! Ha!! Your bag is beautiful!

It's so lovely...the words, the fabrics, and the bag!! You are such a sweet, generous person. Winning the starter kit would be wonderful! (I would be able to see what Weaveline is like) Thank you for the chance to win. I will share on fb :)xx

Jenny, Your stitchery is beautiful and I love the bag, it's so pretty. How nice to have a lovely place to carry your most treasured spiritual tools. A well worn and often used Bible is a treasure for the soul.

God Bless and Have a Wonderful Day!Best Wishes and Happy Stitching,Granny B.

I love your designs and enjoy dropping in to see what you've been up to. If the contest is open to those of us in the US I'd love to enter :). So love the new bag you put together. Thanks for sharing it

i love your sesigns, your spirit and your generosity. what i love even more is your strong chrisian faith that you proudly share with us. i have gathered much strength thru you over the years. i am a better woman of god for having "known" you...

Jenny, I love this design. So meaningful. Thank you. Yes, I hope to win your starter kit as I have all your patterns and this would give me the boost I need. Bless you. Sharon Lozano slozano5 at earthlink dot net.

Oh Jenny!! Your generosity never stops!! You inspire me to want to create more things of beauty for the people I love!! More than that, as I repost every one of your Facebook postings, I feel like I'm sharing a little bit of goodness and beauty with more people that I might never know. It took all of that to say that your generous Spirit has led me to start crafting for charity. I am crocheting baby blankets for premie babies. As well as embroidering little gowns for the younger babies that perish before leaving the hospital. You are an inspiration. Thank you. Of course I would love to win your give-away! But it truly means a lot just to know you and be a part of you. God's peace, friend Jennie.

Jenny, thank you so much for your inspiration. I used some of your stitchy designs in a current lap quilt for my sil and I've downloaded some of your other things for future projects. I'm heading over to craftsy for this latest bag project. How exciting! Thank you for the opportunity for the giveaway. Having a great time visiting your blog.

Your bag is lovely Jenny. I love those fabrics you have used. They are so bright and happy. One thousand and seven posts! WOW! That is a lot of "talking"! Thanks for sharing your pattern and for the lovely giveaway. xx

Thank you for the lovely stitchery. I plan to stitch it for my dear friend Andrea, who shares your deep faith and who also has a very well love Bible and note book she takes to Bible study and keeps beside her bed.And of course I'd love to win your wonderful giveaway. As you know, I am a huge fan and very appreciative of everything you do for and share with us.

Jenny, I found your site a few months ago and began my first SAL with the Mondaisy SAL. I have fallen so in love with all of your designs. You are very talented and I appreciate you sharing your creativity gifts with your followers. I just printed the bag scripture and will make one to carry my Bible in. I may also make one for my MIL's birthday this month. Thank you for the opportunity to enter this give-a-way. Hugs!angela(dot)Gibson(at)gmail(dot)com

This bag is truly beautiful as all of your work is. It really caught my attention as my Mother's name was Ruth and she loved to stitch also. I hope one day that my stitches will look like yours. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Perhaps one day I will win a giveaway. May you continue to be blessed . Pamula

Jenny you are a sweetie. I was captivated by your picture of the Ruth magazine. Who knew there was such a thing. I need a Ruth magazine! LOL Your designs and color palettes are always so pretty and kind and loving. God bless you!

very nice of you to have a give away. I like your ideas and your designs. their very easy for me to follow and do. I don't get as much done as I would like. I would love to win your give away, and try all of the nice things your giving away.Dee in Idaho USA

1007 posts is an amazing number but...your posts are so FULL of incredible information and projects - that's the really amazing part! Congratulations. I love your blog and appreciate the chance to win that sweet little kit.

hi jenny, I read your blog every day and just love all the things you make. I have tried many times to sew like you but it never turns out very nice,I guess I must try harder yours is so neat I need to follow this. Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Oh, I'd love to win this. Maybe being commenter #100 will be lucky :) I'm a cross stitcher with not enough time for one craft, but I've been wanted to embroider again (it's been years!). I even subscribe to your beautiful e-zone but still haven't started any projects. This looks to be just what I need to get going on the "right" direction. Thanks for the opportunity.

Thank you for the lovely peace pattern. And I love your bag you made. it looks very very nice. Congratulatiosn on that many posts. Wow blows me away. It will take me years and years to post that much as slow as I am. What a wonderful and extremly generous and very helpful giveaway. Of course I would love to win. Since I seem to be so full of questions about what to use and how to do everthing as I relearn how to embroider and I have allready found out I had no clue what I was trying to do years ago. So many new products and things to do....And Embroidery is now becoming mor eimportant to me than sewing as it is so much more relaxing and I can do it virtually anywhere.Thank you for the chance to enter. I will probably be offline a few days as I leave in a bit to head to hospital as today is D day ......

Congratulations on your 1007th and look forward to another 1007! You have renewed my interest in embroidery (I do cross stitch and other work like that) and all your tips and how-to do. I'm loving every minute of it and look forward to each day on your blog. You are truly an inspiration not only in sewing but in your faith. Thank you so much.

Thank you Jenny for all the wonderful patterns and news you share with us. You are a great witness for Jesus Christ, and I am glad I found your blog. I read it faithfully and learn so much about how to walk the Christian path. I love that bag. Think it would be lovely for my granddaughter's birthday.

My patchwork group made a lovely quilt years ago with lots of hearts for Heartfelt House and this would have been a perfect block for it. I think it is perfect.Keep in good health and keep on embroidering.Lesley O

I have to agree with everything that everyone before has said - your work is beautiful. And thank you so much for the True Peace in Jesus pattern - this will be a wonderful gift for my daughter. And thank you for the chance to win.

I feel truly blessed to have "stumbled across" your blog a couple of weeks ago. Your designs have been captivating and inspirational. I've just taken out a subscription for your magazine and June issue also and feel like a kid on Christmas Day lol! Don't know what to play with first! Thank you for the opportunity to express these sentiments and warmest good wishes from the UK.

Congratulations! That's a lot of posts! I would love this kit. I have made a couple of your items - love your designs and the fact that you love Jesus and incorporate him in your work as well as in your life. linda at lynchburg dot net

Oh my goodness: an angel must have whispered in your ear" this very morning I was sitting here thinking I would love to get back into hand embroidery and you couldn't have picked more lovey fabrics. thank you so much for this opportunity.

Jenny, I am 67 years old and I Just wanted to tell you, you have shared some of the most beautiful pattern, and cutes one I have ever seen. Thank the good lord for people like you. May you all ways be blessed.

Hello Jenny, I love your Bible bag, it's just beautiful and I really need one for my Bible. Thank you for the Pdf. Congratulations on writing 1007 blog posts, I haven't read them all but I've read quite a few and enjoy your inspiration tremendously. As to the starter kit, it's so cute this is perfect, I've been trying to get my neighbour into hand work and this would be the ideal thing to get her going. Kind regards Mandy Currie (mandycurrie@googlemail.com)

Congrats on your blog! I haven't seen one of your patterns yet I didn't love. Your bible bag is adoreable and such a great idea. I should make one. I have had the same bag for my bible for over 25 years. Thanks for sharing your wonderful patterns with us.

Love your work! Especially to incooperate into quilts. The " Truth Found in Jesus" bag is a wonderful idea as I have some family members who attend bible studies regularly. Thank you for sharing so many ideas, patterns and giveaways.

Love your work! Especially to incooperate into quilts. The " Truth Found in Jesus" bag is a wonderful idea as I have some family members who attend bible studies regularly. Thank you for sharing so many ideas, patterns and giveaways.

I am always so grateful when you acknowledge your faith and trust in Jesus--the author and finisher of our faith. In the U.S. a lot of preachers concentrate on prosperity as mainly financial or material wealth. Your postings seek the greater "wealth" of faith and trust in the One who has done everything for our salvation. I am always blessed through you!

Jenny, I enjoy your post so much. I love to look and read it at work because it gives me a touch happiness and cheer. Your hand work is gorgeous. Hope I can get mine just a little like yours. Thank you for the giveaway and I hope I win.Janet L-Y

Since finding your blog a little ways back I have become more and more intrigued with embroidery and am trying to learn as much as much as I can. Your work is stunning and your colour ways are beautiful. I look forward to your weekly updates and the magazine too. Now you offer a giveaway on top of that all. You are a kind and generous person and one who lives as she believes. Your awesome.

Ohh, how i would like this! You are so talented and blessed.Your patterns and the gift of design and color you have are wonderful.Thank you for sharing so many pretty patterns and inspiring so many of us who also love needlework.

You have certainly inspired me in many ways. You are so generous with your patterns and ideas, not to mention your upbeat ways. We are very fortunate to have someone as truehearted as you are in the craft world. I just love your patterns and the way that you present them. Thanks for being you. God Bless!